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Professional participation is part of their involvement in daily occupations, which are taking place in teachers\u2019 socio-cultural context and are necessary for their well-being. Teachers' work performance can be enabled or constrained by their professional habits, including habits while using computers. We investigated awareness of and adherence to recommendations on ergonomics and preventive measures for back pain among the Faculty of Health Sciences employees. This study was aimed at investigating the relationship between the influence of their habits during computer use and back pain. An online questionnaire was sent to the teaching staff of the Faculty of Health Sciences ( n = 115). 73% of the staff opened the online questionnaire, 43% fully completed the questionnaire. Data were processed using SPSS statistical program, version 20.0. Descriptive statistics, Pearson\u2019s correlation coefficient, and factor analysis were calculated. Analysis of the results showed a significant statistical association between the professional habits and roles [daily computer use ( r = .443, P &lt; .01); position of different body parts during computer use [head ( r = .669, P &lt; .001), shoulder ( r = .446, P &lt; .01), legs and feet ( r = .483, P &lt; .01), screen inclination ( r = .577, P &lt; .01), adjusting chair settings ( r = .608, P &lt; .01), distance between eyes and screen (r = .766, P &lt; .01)]; physical activities break at work [ r = .758, P &lt; .01], and back pain. Considering ergonomic principles when designing the work environment can have a major impact on employees' health and quality of work. 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